704 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. GURANIA . 
lobis ovato-oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel subacuminatis; 
calyce breviter tomentoso, tubo oblongo-subcylindrico, dentibus 
lineari-lanceolatis, erectis, tubo brevioribus ; antheris lineari-oblongis, 
appendice longa lineari coronatis. — Anguria trilobata Vell. Fl. Flum.. 
10, tab. 1, non Linn. — A. multiflora Miq.! in Linnæa, 18, p. 366: 
Schlecht. in Linnæa, 24, p. 730, 775. — A. Arrabidæ Schlecht. in 
Linnæa, 24, p. 736. — Gurania Arrabidæ Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb.. 
fasc. 1, p. 17 et in Mart. FI. Bras., fasc. 78, p. 56. 
Monoica. Caulis robustus, profunde sulcatus, pubescens. Folia 
membranacea, supra læte viridia, subtus pallidiora et reticulata, 
15-25 cent. longa et fere totidem lata; lobi integerrimi vel brevissime 
remoteque spinuloso-denticulati, medianus paulo longior, ad basim 
paulo constrictus ; nervi validi, subtus prominentes, duo laterales ba- 
silares bifurcati, imum sinum marginantes ; sinus inter lobos satis al- 
gusti, obtusi, basilaris subrotundatus vel subrectangularis, 3-4 cent. 
latus, 1-2 1/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi elongati, striati, pubescentes. 
Flores masculi majusculi, 20-40 ad apicem pedunculi communis COM 
gesti. Peduneulus communis robustus, striatus, breviter denseque vil 
losus vel subtomentosus, 15-20 cent. longus; pedicelli erecto-patuli, 
striati, breviter tomentosi, ad apicem abrupte dilatati, 10-16 mill 
longi. Calycis tubus inferne subrotundus, ad apicem leviter constr 
tus, 7-8 mill. longus, 3-4 mill. crassus; dentes uninervii, 5-6 mill. 
longi, 1-1 '/, mill. lati. Petala erecta, lanceolato-linearia, utrinque 
valde papillosa, 3 mill. longa, 1-1 /, mill. lata. Antheræ 5-6 mill 
longæ, 1'/,-2 mill. late; appendix ?/,-1 mill. longa. Flores femine! 
fasciculati. Pedunculus */,-2 cent. longus, striatus, breviter tomento- 
sus. Ovarium sublineare, 15-20 mill. longum, 2-2 '/, mill. crassum : 
stylus crassus, rectus, profunde bifidus, 10-12 mill. longus; segment? 
conniventia, leviter bifida. Pedunculus fructiferus robustus, 4-6 cent. 
longus. Fructus oblongo-subfusiformis, longitudinaliter strial e 
ruculoso-punetatus, 6-9 cent. longus, 17-22 mill. crassus. Semi 
ovoideo-oblonga, compressa, levia, 7 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata, 1 1), mill 
crassa. : 
In prov. Rio de Janeiro (Sello in herb. Berol. ; Lund, Riedel E 
Langsdorff in herb. hort. Petrop.); in eadem prov. ad Magé (ee 
main n. 989 in herb. Mus. Par. et Deless.) et in Serra de Tingua A: 
in herb. Vindob.); in sylvis Japurensibus prov. do Alto Ame 
(Martius in herb. Monac.); in Surinamo loco dicto La Renco» 
(Focke in herb. Mig. nune Ultraject.). 
